LÍWANG Nen Melchor Orpilla LÍWANG / LAWÁNG (onung ëd impangusar nën Pablo Mejia) – (pangingaran/noun) say pasën a sangkaawangan no ontangay so too manlapud dalin; say maawang ya ispasio ëd tagëy na mundo; himpapawid/panginorin ëd Tagalog, Tangatang ëd Ilokano. ALIMBAWA: Mantëkyab ëd líwang ira’y dakël a kanãway. No pano’y…
ERFE-MEJIA’S CONFUSED VOTE– Many are wondering if the vote of the lone wolf in the Sangguniang Panlungsod, Councilor Redford Erfe-Mejia, as “partial objection” to a measure put under consideration is a “yes” or “no” and whether such a vote is acceptable in parliamentary practice. I say “lone wolf” because it…
TANGGAL BULOK, TANGGAL USOK — Operatives of the Inter-Agency Council for Traffic (I-ACT) from Manila conduct a surprise inspection of public utility vehicles along the busy roads of Dagupan City, apprehending vehicles with violations from smoke-belching, colorum buses and dilapidated vehicles that pose immediate danger to the riding public. (Punchphoto…
I-ACT CRACKDOWN MOST roads of Dagupan were virtually deserted when an Inter-Agency Council for Traffic (IACT) from Manila arrived in the city in the morning of May 24 to inspect transport units and to check their status in line with the implementation of the Tanggal Kalawang, Tanggal Usok campaign. The surprise…
DELAYED WAGES IN SP IT was an angry Mayor Belen Fernandez that went on the air and lambasted the anchor person of a pubic affairs program aired on DWIZ Dagupan for reporting that she was to blame for the delay in the payment of wages of emergency workers (EW) at…
MALASIQUI—Politics is being looked into by the police as the motive behind the slaying of a newly elected barangay councilman (kagawad) in Binalay, Malasiqui, at 10:20 a.m. on May 22. The victim, Jimmy de Luna, 51, a newly elected kagawad, sustained three gunshot wounds in different parts of his body and…
NEW KING OF THE ROAD –- El Joshua Cariño of Mangaldan, the new champion of 9th Le Tour De Filipinas, crosses the finish line of Stage 3 in Lingayen triumphantly. He is trailed closely by his younger brother Daniel Ven for 1-2 finish. (Punchphoto by Cesar Ramirez)
TO FUND MORE THAN 100 PROJECTS THE Sangguniang Panlungsod last week (May 23) approved three Supplemental Annual Investment Plan (AIPs) and their respective supplemental budgets during a special session called by Mayor Belen Fernandez and attended by all 10 city councilors. Approved were Supplementary AIP No. 1 and its corresponding…
THIRD PINOY CHAMP LINGAYEN—El Joshua Cariño of Mangaldan town has carved a legacy for his hometown and for Pangasinan by becoming the third Filipino to win the Le Tour de Filipinas, an international cycling event. The 25-year-old Cariño ruled the 153.65-kilometer uphill Stage 4 from Lingayen to Baguio City via…
OPLAN GREYHOUND – The personal effects of inmates at the Pangasinan Provincial Jail are thoroughly inspected by PDEA Pangasinan and PNP operatives, and Jail officers with the help of K9 drug-sniffing dogs during a surprise inspection in search of contraband and illegal items. Seized were cellphones and improvised deadly weapons….
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